SHOOTS Synonyms: 341 Similar and Opposite Words

shoots 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of shoot

as in fires

to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force BB guns shoot small round metal pellets

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as in blasts

to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly

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as in pops

to strike with a missile from a gun hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season

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as in rushes

to proceed or move quickly some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope

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as in photographs

to take a photograph of shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted

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as in casts

to throw or give off suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks

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as in shouts

to voice one's opinions freely with force you've been wanting to say something since this meeting started, so shoot

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as in sprinkles

to mark with small spots especially unevenly hazel eyes that were brown shot with green

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as in sends

to cause to go or be taken from one place to another shot a congratulatory e-mail to his friend as soon as he heard the good news

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shoots

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noun

plural of shoot

as in limbs

a branch of a main stem especially of a plant collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making

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as in pains

a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down

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Recent Examples of shoots

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Tom Ellis shoots a tense scene for the CBS police drama CIA in Queens, New York City, on July 24. — People Staff, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026 Watson shoots a 13-under 271 at Muirfield Golf Links at Gullane, Scotland. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 Alvarez is surrounded by opposition midfielders, but manages to mount a one-man attack into the penalty area before laying the ball off for Ademola Lookman, who shoots just wide. — Art De Roché, New York Times, 17 July 2026 Folarin Balogun of the United States shoots during the FIFA World Cup 2026 round of 16 match between the USA and Belgium in Seattle, July 6, 2026. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 July 2026 Sanghee, who has a day job importing snacks and shoots short films in her spare time, spends two days with the family as old secrets, unsolicited advice and hollow flattery come to the surface. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 July 2026 The video shows the bear rushing Koerwitz, who grabs a can of bear spray and shoots it at the bear. — David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 13 July 2026 Details emerge after an ICE officer fatally shoots a man in Houston. — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 10 July 2026 Someone shoots themselves — not once, but three times in the face — and then this same sturdy character somehow has a long make-out session with a loved one. — ABC News, 8 July 2026

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Currently, the county does not receive significant permitting fees from shoots on private property or state parks. — Haley Parsley, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026 Photographer Timothy White’s résumé includes album art (for Michael Bolton, Billy Joel and Wilson Phillips), magazine shoots for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Esquire, and having once owned an entire town in the Mojave Desert. — Geoff Edgers, Washington Post, 28 July 2026 Standard blueberry bushes grow about 6 to 10 feet tall, with new shoots sprouting from the crown under the soil. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 28 July 2026 Pitched against the Sennheiser HD25 Pro, these new headphones are aimed at audio professionals working on-location shoots and field recording to mobile editing setups and live sound environments. — Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026 The two were first seen together last August on the set of one of Beer’s shoots. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 July 2026 Cut the flower stalks back to encourage more foliage-bearing shoots. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 July 2026 Pruning should be done to control height and spread and should be done immediately after fruit harvest so that new flower-producing shoots can immediately begin to grow. — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 24 July 2026 That boost came largely from online content shoots, which rose by 47%. — Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoots

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Zelenskyy is keen to move quickly on a coproduction agreement as Russia relentlessly fires ballistic missiles that are hard to stop and cause civilian casualties as well as inflicting huge damage on civilian areas.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026
The machine fires X-ray beams at a subject, then uses a specialized camera to record how a bone absorbs the beams based on density.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

Definition of fires

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Strobe lights zigzag across the room and confetti rains down as Ruffin blasts a smoke cannon into the roaring crowd.

— Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 27 July 2026
The Bose SoundLink Flex II Speaker blasts your outdoor playlist with PositionIQ audio technology and SnapDragon Sound aptX high-resolution streaming.

— Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 21 July 2026

Definition of blasts

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That’s pretty much what happens when any bubble pops, as a Dutch tulip obsessive could have told you in 1637 or a bitcoin evangelist could have told you in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018, or 2022.

— Annie Lowrey, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
This one features a standard spring bar in the center that easily comes out and pops back in with a single hand.

— Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 20 July 2026

Definition of pops

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Authorities blame successive, record-breaking heat waves and climate change for supercharging the blazes, as Europe rushes water-dumping aircraft, masks and thousands of firefighters to contain rapidly shifting fire fronts.

— Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026
Google rushes to make changes Risking even higher fines for delaying updates, Google does not appear to be depending on Trump quickly stepping in to block the fines.

— Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026

Definition of rushes

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The man who was convicted of trying to kill Salman Rushdie went on trial again Wednesday, this time in a federal case that casts the stabbing on a lecture stage as an act of terrorism.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
While released without formal charges, the ongoing investigation casts a shadow.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of casts

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That video shows three boys scrubbing the floor and walls of a room in the school with rags as Morrison shouts commands and admonishments.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 24 July 2026
In the background, an adult voice shouts at the bear, helping to scare the animal off.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 7 July 2026

Definition of shouts

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Kemery sprinkles the tiny seeds either in late fall or very early spring, when there’s still a chance of frost, since cold spells offer the best germination.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
Thomson sprinkles critique throughout his book like seasoning unevenly applied to a gamey piece of meat.

— Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 2 July 2026